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Reply to Bending Crelicam Ebony
See the Michael M and Michael B entries in the “Side Bending” thread below
Paul McGill McGill guitars -
A client has asked me to build an acoustic guitar using crelicam ebony for the back and sides that he is getting form Stewmac. I have heard it’s challenging to bend, and this will be an OM so the waist is pretty tight. Any thoughts or suggestions for bending these sides? I use a homemade bending machine modelled after LMI’s latest design (may…
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Ian Davlin The Looth Group replied to the discussion binding a 1953 Guild archtop in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Reply to binding a 1953 Guild archtop
If you’re getting it from axiom inc, you can laminate it together to get to the right dimension if you’re short and then trim down with the binding sizer. The stewmac binding lamination jig works pretty well. Just let it dry overnight for best results.
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Paul Raymond Raymond Guitars replied to the discussion Side bending in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Hi Paul…mine may have come from eBay- I don’t quite remember. This weekend I used 1 of those infrared temperature guns all across the entire surface of my blanket while it lay flat on my bench. Mine is getting hot and is relatively evenly distributed.
When I bend I use a food thermometer, one with a 4 inch probe. After I assemble my sandwich…
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John Carey Guitarworks of North Jersey replied to the discussion binding a 1953 Guild archtop in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Reply to binding a 1953 Guild archtop
Upon measuring the binding channel, once I took a piece of binding off, the channel measures 3/32 thick and 6/32 tall. I figured I would have to go slightly over both measurements. say 4/32 and 7/32 or slightly above. I have checked and I cannot find a supplier that has any white celluloid binding with these measurements. The thickness seems…
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Michael Minton replied to the discussion Side bending in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Paul, PM me if you need a couple more Mahogany sides. I have tons, and I’ll send you some just for the shipment cost if you want.
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There’s a lot in the Gore construction book on lightweight bridge construction I made some laminated koa and carbon fiber bridges. I glued them in a vacuum bag in a food sealer. It was definitely some experimentation but i enjoyed it…
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Paul M replied to the discussion Side bending in the forum Quick Questions 3 months ago
Not sure where you got your blanket but i got one off eBay that does not get hot enough. Or at least it doesn’t get as hot as fast as one that was given to me.
I use barbecue thermometers in my stack for monitoring temperature.
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